#CC3B40#CC3B40

#CC3B40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.182 H 23.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC3B40
RGB	rgb(204, 59, 64)
HSL	hsl(358, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(358, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.42, 56.93, 30.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.42, 64.79, 28.52°)
OKLab	oklab(56.87% 0.1667 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(56.87% 0.182 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.3942, 16.3395, 6.5609)
Luminance	0.1633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC3B40 #3BCCC7

analogous

#CC3B89 #CC3B40 #CC7F3B

triadic

#CC3B40 #40CC3B #3B40CC

tetradic

#CC3B40 #89CC3B #3BCCC7 #7F3BCC

square

#CC3B40 #89CC3B #3BCCC7 #7F3BCC

split-complementary

#CC3B40 #3BCC7F #3B89CC

monochromatic

#701D20 #A02A2E #CC3B40 #D96C6F #E59C9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#CC3B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#CC3B40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC3B40

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC3B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC3B40	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645D3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0033E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc3b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 59, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.182 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e47b75',
    500: '#cc3b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc3b40;
$custom-light: #e47b75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc3b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.931,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5687,
    "c": 0.18157,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC3B40

secondary

#92D1CF

accent

#E2DD46

background

#FFF7F7

surface

#FEEEED

border

#D6C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC3B40

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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